A Word To The Parents Which Has Depressed Children

As we shoulder the responsibilities of adult life, many of us look back at adolescence as a carefree time—somehow forget¬ting the difficult struggles the teen years held. Some idealize this period as the "best years of your life," while others mini¬mize adolescent concerns with a "what do you have to worry about?" attitude. This book serves as an important reminder that teens struggle with very real and serious issues.

It's important for parents of teens to try to understand what it's like to walk in their shoes. As Bev Cobain states in this book, "Being a teen is a hard job." Teens face changes and chal¬lenges in every aspect of their lives—as their bodies change so do the expectations of parents, teachers, and even friends. Adolescents must invent and reinvent themselves in their quest to fit in and find acceptance, while also working to figure out who they are and how to express their individuality.

Teens have a unique cognitive style—they see the world through fresh eyes. What they feel and experience may be age-old, but each adolescent feels at times like he or she is the first to experience feeling so intensely happy, sad, or alone, or to be so full of ideas. This intensity of feeling is frequently coupled with a tendency to view the world, and themselves, through an all-or-nothing lens: They are "popular" or "unpopular," things are "good" or "bad," life looks "wonderful" or "hopeless." This worldview modulates over the course of normal adoles¬cent development, but in its most active phase, it places young people at particular risk for depression.



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